Chapter 56: Tavern Chatter
"Zihan knows who this person is?" Cai Yong asked excitedly.
"If Hao guessed correctly, I'm afraid this source is today."
"What?" Cai Yong's face was shocked.
"In order to enrich the treasury, the Son of Heaven even sells officials, presumably this tariff is also from the hand of the Son of Heaven." Zhang Hao said with a sigh.
"What? Can the official be sold? Cai Yong took the case and said angrily.
"I don't know, sir?" Zhang Hao looked at Cai Yong's expression and asked suspiciously.
"It's a shame to say that the old man was exiled before, and now he can return to Beijing with amnesty." Cai Yong said with a wry smile.
"Zihan, tell me about the current world affairs." Cai Yong seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and looked at Zhang Hao lonely.
After Zhang Hao told Cai Yong about some of the major events that happened during this time, Cai Yong fell into deep thought.
"It seems that the old man really shouldn't come back." Cai Yong shook his head and sighed.
"Sir, why do you say that?" Zhang Hao asked curiously.
"I was exiled in Shuofang before, and after the amnesty, Wuyuan Taishou Wang Zhi saw me off, and at that time he advised me to go with the eunuchs, but I ignored him."
"That Wang Zhi is the younger brother of Wang Fu, who was originally very arrogant, and he lost face and was ridiculed by the guests, and he scolded me at the time, but I didn't pay attention to it, and left."
"Who knew that he had a grudge, and someone told me that he accused the Son of Heaven of having a grudge against me and slandering the court, and the people around the Son of Heaven also framed me and let me run away."
"Originally, I didn't believe that the Son of Heaven would punish me for this, but now it seems that I can't stay in this court anymore." Cai Yong said slowly.
"I wonder where Mr. wants to go?" Zhang Hao's eyes lit up and he asked, secretly thinking about how to turn this great god back.
"Alas, go away and find a quiet place to avoid trouble." Cai Yong said with a sigh.
"Sir, it's better to go back to the border of Youzhou with the kid, so that the kid can have the opportunity to listen to the teacher's teachings." Zhang Hao said expectantly.
"This ......" Cai Yong was speechless for a while, he really didn't think about where he was going.
"Sir, if you don't dislike the boy, the boy is willing to worship you as a teacher, please sir." Zhang Hao knelt in front of Cai Yong as he spoke.
Although he already has a big backer like Zheng Xuan, who would dislike having too many backers.
"Zihan, don't you have a teacher?" Cai Yong was stunned for a moment and then asked.
"The boy studied with his father-in-law when he was young, and later learned martial arts under the martial arts masters, and he has never had a teacher in literature." Zhang Hao replied respectfully.
"In this case, let's follow Zihan." Cai Yong nodded and said.
"Thank you, teacher." Zhang Hao said excitedly.
"Don't worry, it's not too late to call after the apprenticeship in the future." Cai Yong said lightly, these Confucian scholars pay great attention to etiquette.
"Yes." Zhang Hao replied curtly.
"By the way, Zihan, why did you come to Luoyang this time?"
"Old ...... Sir, the kid had led the rebels to beat Lord Lu with Zuo Zhonglang to the Yellow Turban, and I came here to meet the appointment to visit Lord Lu, and to prepare to buy an official ......."
"What? Buying an official? I didn't expect Zihan to do such a thing. Before Zhang Hao could finish speaking, Cai Yong interrupted him angrily.
"Sir, listen to me." Zhang Hao said helplessly, he knew that Cai Yong would be like this, but he didn't dare to hide it, if he deceived Cai Yong now, and then it was known, the consequences would be even more serious.
"I'll hear what you have to say." Cai Yong said with a displeased face.
"Sir, do you know what Hao did a few years ago?" Zhang Hao asked lightly.
"I don't know." Cai Yong said angrily.
"A few years ago, the boy and a few brothers went to a distant barbarian land, went through wind and rain, and died nine times in their lives, sir, do you know why we went?"
Cai Yong didn't speak, he looked at Zhang Hao curiously, Cai Yan beside him also stared at Zhang Hao tightly with big eyes, and Tong Fei and the three of them showed a look of reminiscing on their faces.
"After more than three years, our group brought back hundreds of new crops, just so that the people of the world have a full meal."
"But what does this have to do with your buying office?" Cai Yong asked puzzled, the anger in his tone had dissipated a lot.
"Hao worked hard to establish Xinghuo Village, cultivate these new crops, and prepare for the promotion, but just when I led the rebels to defeat the Yellow Turbans."
Zhang Hao paused, his eyes were a little red, and after calming down his mood, he continued:
"At that time, there was only a small defense force in the village, but it was plundered by Goguryeo, and the brothers who went to the wilderness with me were killed and seriously wounded, and half of the eight hundred private soldiers were killed in battle, and the rest were also wounded."
"Zihan, mourn." Hearing this, Cai Yong's heart also softened.
Zhang Hao waved his hand, signaling that he was fine, and continued:
"Nowadays, Hao is just a white body, and he can't even protect the people around him, so what are you talking about for the people of the world."
"So Hao is ready to buy a county order, cultivate his own power, and facilitate the promotion of new crops, the world does not dare to say, but to ensure the stability of the party, Hao is still confident."
Zhang Hao did not reveal much ambition, for these Confucian scholars, the monarch of heaven and earth, the monarch has a very high status in their hearts, if he now says that he wants to dominate the world, he will definitely be regarded as a thief by this Cai Yong.
"Zihan, it's the old man who blames you." Cai Yong patted Zhang Hao's shoulder and said.
"Sir, you're serious."
"Tell the old man about your experience along the way, the old man is quite curious about what this barbarian land is like outside the big man." Cai Yong seemed to deliberately divert the topic and asked with an interested face.
"This starts with the three of us coming down the mountain...... Zhang Hao slowly told Cai Yong about the experience along the way.
Although many thrilling places were simply taken by Zhang Hao, Cai Yong was still excited to hear it, and when he heard about the bitter cold land in the north, Cai Yong showed a distressed look again.
And when I heard those miraculous crops, I was surprised again, curious to ask this and that, and the natives from all over the country, some were still hunting with stone tools, and some were unclothed, and Cai Yong listened like a child listening to stories.
"Zihan......" Cai Yong glanced at Zhang Wen without saying anything.
It doesn't matter if you look at it, I just saw Cai Yan looking at Zhang Wen curiously, there was a trace of shyness on his face, and Cai Yong's face turned pale with anger.
"Zihan, what are you doing with this alien person?" Cai Yong glared at Zhang Wen and said.
Zhang Wen's face was innocent, why did these two people talk and chat, and it came to him.
"Uh... Sir, what is the prejudice against people of different races? Zhang Hao looked at Cai Yong puzzled.
"Zihan has heard that if it is not my race, its heart will be different." Cai Yong said earnestly.
"Sir, the boy has a different opinion." Zhang Hao said respectfully.
"Okay, I'll hear what you have to say." Cai Yong said, and also wanted to hear what Zhang Hao could say.